Item 22 - Approval of Historic Property Preservation Agreement

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State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # _____________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # ________________________________________________ CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial _____________________________________________ Page 3_ of 5_Resource Name: Rogers-Mansfield House *Recorded by Andrea Dumovich Heywood *Date November 2, 2023 Continuation  Update DPR 523L *P3a. Description (continued): The front porch is supported by a single, slender wood post on a raised concrete platform accessible by two concrete steps. The main entrance, located under the front porch, faces south and is composed of a four panel replacement door with four upper lights (Figure 3). Fenestration on the primary (west) façade includes three window bays. The front gable displays a large, fixed wood window flanked by two double-hung wood windows with a four-over-four muntin pattern (Figure 4). Along the side-gable of the primary (west) façade is the same double-hung style window and muntin pattern in both paired and singular form. The north, south, and rear (east) façade window pattern is composed of a mix of one-over-one double-hung wood windows and four- over-four double-hung wood windows (Figure 5). The building’s southeast (rear) corner contains a covered porch supported by a slender wood post and a raised concrete platform. A single pedestrian wood door and upper light, located behind a metal security door, is tucked within the rear porch (Figure 6). Additional architectural features include a concrete driveway with a concrete path leading to the front porch, brick chimney at the north (side) façade, as well as vents at the gable ends. The rear yard contains a single-story, detached garage clad in wood shingle siding to match the main residence. The garage features an asphalt shingle roof, metal roll-up garage door, and a single pedestrian wood door with an operable upper light (Figure 7). The property is landscaped with a front lawn, two mature trees, and rose bushes near the front porch. *B10. Significance (continued): Santa Ana was founded by William Spurgeon in 1869 as a speculative town site on part of the Spanish land grant known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. The civic and commercial core of the community was centered on the intersection of Main and Fourth Streets. Stimulated by the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad and incorporation as a city in 1886, and selection as the seat of the newly created County of Orange in 1889, the city grew outwards, with residential neighborhoods developing to the north, south, and east of the city center. Agricultural uses predominated in the outlying areas, with cultivated fields and orchards dotted with widely scattered farmhouses. The Rogers-Mansfield House is located in Washington Square, a neighborhood located northwest of the city center bounded by West Seventeenth Street on the north, West Civic Center Drive on the south, North Flower Street on the east, and North Bristol Street on the west. Most of this area was owned by the family of Jacob Ross, who had purchased portions of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in 1868 and 1869. Walnuts and other crops were grown in the area during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a few farmhouses, most notably the Ross-McNeal House at 1020 North Baker Street, dotting the landscape. By 1905, Baker and Towner were the only streets in the neighborhood, which extended from Hickey (now Civic Center) only as far as Washington and which contained only about a dozen homes. The status quo had not changed much by 1915, when a brick yard was located at the northern terminus of Olive Street at Hickey. In 1925, the beginning of the development that would convert this largely agricultural area into a middle class neighborhood of single- family homes over the next 25 years had begun. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Tudor Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival homes were the standard, with American Colonial Revival saltboxes and ranch style homes favored in the years before and after World War II. During the 1930s, many of the homes were built by local contractor Emmett Rogers, who sold lots and built homes according to standard plans, which individual property owners could customize to their tastes ("Washington Square: A Neighborhood of Pride," Washington Square Neighborhood Association). With the return of servicemen following the war and the accompanying demand for homes in southern California, the development of Washington Square was all but completed. The Rogers-Mansfield House qualifies for listing in the Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties under Criterion 1 as an intact example of a Minimal Traditional style home in Santa Ana. Located in Washington Square, the house cost $10,000 to build in 1948. The recommended categorization is “Key” because it has a distinctive architectural style and quality reflective of the Minimal Traditional style, along with rare wood shingle siding (Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 30-2.2). Character- defining features of the Rogers-Mansfield House include, but may not be limited to: L-shaped plan; single-story massing; side-gable body with prominent front-gable; medium-pitch roof with shallow eaves; wood shingle siding; original wood windows with a prominent wood window sill and trim are located on all building facades; front and rear porch, each supported by a single wood post located on a raised concrete platform; main entrance located within front porch; brick chimney; overall lack of ornamentation; front yard lawn with landscaping including two mature trees; and a detached garage featuring wood shingle siding and a single pedestrian door with operable light. *B12. References (continued): Almendral, Dylan M. “The Home of Dynasties: Historic Home Profile.” My Blog. 12 January 2020. Available: https://www.dylanmalmendral.com/blog/the-home-of-dynasties. Accessed: 1 February 2023.